Thanksgiving

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 1-3

Goals

At the end of the lesson, you will have a better knowledge about, Thanksgiving and black Friday.

What do you know about Thanksgiving?

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In 1924 Macy's department store started their ..................

1. Thanksgiving sale
2. Thanksgiving parade
3. Thanksgiving feast
4. Thanksgiving harvest

Why did they start the parade?

When was the only time the parade was cancelled?

A _____ is a small berry, typically made into a sauce for Thanksgiving.

1. blueberry
2. raspberry
3. cranberry
4. strawberry

The most traditional food of Thanksgiving is

1. rabbit
2. pizza
3. glaced ham
4. turkey

Many people eat turkey ____ Thanksgiving.

1. on
2. at
3. in

Writing assignment

I am thankful for.....

Explain why. 

Thanksgiving

What does Black Friday have to do with Thanksgiving?

What does the term black stand for in Black Friday?

Drag the words to the right box

Thanksgiving

Black Friday

Neither

Turkey

Gifts

Santa

Sales

America

Dinner

Shopping

Religion

Mall

Crowd

Buying

Advertisement

Corn

Settlers

Family

Native Americans

tradition

Thursday

Black Friday

Black Friday is an informal name for the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, which is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. The day after Thanksgiving has been regarded as the beginning of America's Christmas shopping season 

Black Friday

Black Friday has routinely been the busiest shopping day of the year in the United States.

Retailers write Black instead of red numbers. Hence the name Black Friday. 

Vocabulary

Translate the following words:

Klanten =

Waarschuwing =

Uitverkoop =

Hysterie =

Druk = 

Extreem = 

Answers

• Klanten 
• customers
• Waarschuwing 
• warning
• Uitverkoop 
• sale
• Hysterie 
• hysteria
• Druk 
• busy
• Extreem 
• extreme

Discuss

So, we've learned some things about Thanksgiving and about Black Friday.

I will now put you into small groups for approximately 5 minutes. In your groups, discuss what you think is the most important  day of the two days. Or the most fun, or the most valuable.... Remember, in your opinion, so there is no wrong answer! But you do need to explain your choice to the members of your group and have a friendly chat about it. In English!!

Ps. I will pop in and listen in for a bit :)

The Real History of Thanksgiving

The mainstream version of the Thanksgiving story paints a picture of courageous, Christian settlers, braving the perils of the New World and with the help of some friendly Natives, finding a way to make a new life for themselves.

But what about the massacres of Native tribes like the Pequot that took place in the years that followed. What is often not mentioned either is  that English settlers robbed Wampanoag graves and stole food from them in order to survive during their first years on this new continent.

Here’s a look at some of the reasons why Thanksgiving is a complex holiday, and one that all Americans should approach with greater sensitivity.

Why Thanksgiving Is Also a National Day of Mourning

It’s important to know that for many Native Americans, Thanksgiving is a day of mourning and protest since it commemorates the arrival of settlers in North America and the centuries of oppression and genocide that followed.